On Ken Levine's podcast, Joe Buck talks about guest hosting Jeopardy. I liked where he said by the end of his run, he had 3 mistakes on his clue readings. But he was told that's about the same as Alex.
https://hollywoodandlevine.libsyn.com/ep236-meet-joe-buck-part-1 Pete On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 1:13 AM Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2021 at 9:26 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The elephant in the room with the ratings is that the show was on a >> steady decline throughout the guest host period. Even with an 18-game (and >> counting) winner to end the season. Slight upticks for the Tournament of >> Champions, Aaron Rodgers, and Bill Whittaker. >> >> Maybe this process stanched the bleeding ratings, but I doubt Mr. Empty >> Suit will do better when he starts next month than he did back in February. >> >> Whatever Mr. Burton did to hurt you, Dave, I'm sorry. >> > > The ratings always decline when summer comes. It's just not fair to > compare the ratings of January/February with July/August no matter who the > host was. It's summer, prime time is in reruns/burnoffs/AGT BB and fewer > people tune in. Having a chance to do stuff in the evenings after what we > went through last year was probably also a factor. > > I saw a lot of the media writers and twitter chatter about how LeVar > Burton was the ideal host for Jeopardy, even before he hosted, and I just > ignored it. It's another reminder that reality doesn't come from media > writers and twitter folks. I still think it would be an epic troll to start > a petition to have him become the new host of Wheel of Fortune. > > I liked Joe Buck's week. He didn't treat it as an audition and it made him > looser and it gave him good energy. I wouldn't want to see him as a host > for more than a week but I enjoyed the job he did. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGL1fk2YmPTJRZ%3DbcD6Bmpc8B65woaMp2uK-mkrdUdc5Q%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJE-FiGL1fk2YmPTJRZ%3DbcD6Bmpc8B65woaMp2uK-mkrdUdc5Q%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CA%2BD%2BokRKF9J7nWhb2hcuiQ%2B_TBm9h50Z85Q%3Dxrp8vEqQtUHb1w%40mail.gmail.com.
